It's locally rumored that: once upon a time, there were a couple of dragons, so mad in love that while a biblical flood was rising but they didn't know. When awake, it's too late for them, so that they were washed away separately. Even now, turned into stone, but due to be natural instinct, the female always looks to her lover in the west, the Hoang Lien Son range.

Ham Rong Mountain lies close to Sapa Town, it's nearly 2,000m high and looks very much like the dragon's head in the clouds. A climb to the peak is an excitement for all visitors. Visitors start to walk on stone steps, a winding trail higher up will help to see small streams lazily run through bushy foliages. About mid­way, visitors, taken by surprise, will be in orchid -gardens, more than 400 species are in colourful blooms. Then, visitors come to a mini plain of all flower (cam tu cau, trang phao, lay an and do quyen...)

If visitors come here in spring, the surprise will be greater to see blooming peach, plum, apricot garden. At midway upwards, there are ethnic cu1tural villages where visitors will enjoy art-performance by Dao, Mong or Sa Pho minority girls and boys. The sound of bamboo flutes by Mong minority boys echo far and wide, their dances, songs, folksongs sound strong and romantic that will leave unforgettable impressions. A little further will be a mini stone-forest where thousands of stone columns, pillars that surprisingly open visitors’ eyes. A stroll among these pillars seems to be a walk in the fairyland, then visitors proceed to the heavens gate, a beaten trail leads to the cloud-yard and a TV station. San May (Cloud Yard) is an ideal location to view the whole panorama of Sapa.

Poetic and grandiose Ham Rong is said to be a fairy of Sapa by its natural and cultural landscapes. Every morning, thousands of flowers are blooming; it's the fascination of Sapa. A visit to Sapa in summer is a good chance to view Sapa afloat in white clouds